Mattress.



Patented Oct. 22, I901.

1 J. MARSHALL.

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(Application filed Sept. 1, 1900.1

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UNITED STATES PATENT OF ICE.

JAMES MARSHALL, OF TORONTO, OANADA.

MATTRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 685,160, dated October22 196 1. Application iil'e'd fieptinber 1,1900. Serial No. 28,746.(Nt'finodeL) To all main it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES MARSHALL, of the city of Toronto, in thecounty of York, Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Mattresses, of which the following is aspecifica vtion.

The object of my invention is to devise a light, comfortable, andsanitary mattress in which the filling is composed of a plurality ofcoil-springs each contained in a pocket of a suitable flexible material,a sufficient number of the pockets being located side by side to fillthe mattress, substantially as hereinafter more specifically describedand then definitely claimed.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the mattress, partly broken away todisclose the construction. Fig.- 2 is an enlarged perspective view,partly broken away, showing a portion of the filling; Fig. 3 is aperspective detail showing the method of forming the pockets for thecoil-springs;

In the drawings like letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts inthe difierent figures.

A is the mattress, provided with the usual cover B,- of ticking or othersuitable material. Within this cover is located a lining O, of curledhair, cotton, wool, or other suitable material. This lining may eitherbe used only at the upper side of the mattress or it may be used at thebottom, sides, and ends as well, as shown in Fig. 1.

The filling G of the mattress is composed of a series of coil-springs D.In order to retain these springs in proper position and at the same timeto prevent their making any disagreeable noise by rubbing upon oneanother, I inclose each spring in a pocket E.- These pockets are formedin a long piece of textile fabric F. This strip of fabric has its edgeson I) brought together, and the two sides are stitched together byequidistant transverse lines of stitching c. A series of pockets E arethen formed, extending from end to end of the fabric. Into each pocket aspring is inserted and the edges of the top of the pocket suitably sewedtogether to inclose the made; but a fillingfor a circular cushion couldof course be made by winding a strip of filling upon itself in a spiralcoil, or a very long strip of filling could be doubled back-- ward andforward upon itself to form a filling for a rectangular or dther shapedmattress;

I find that a filling such as described is very easily and cheaplyconstructed and that a mattress constructed with such a filling is notonly light, but also soft, springy, and cornfortable to lie upon. Thesprings being very numerous and well covered do not make themselvesindividually felt, but merely contribute to the general resiliency.

In the ends of the mattress and the sides also, if desired,'I provideopenings 6, through which air will be discharged and sucked in by themovements imparted to the surface of the mattress by persons lying uponit. Such a mattress is therefore very healthy and can be very easilydisinfected when necessary. The light weight of such a mattress willmake it useful for yachting purposes, where the cutting down of weightis a great consideration. It will also be very easily dried in case itbecomes wet.

Although I have described my invention as applied to mattresses, it isof course equally applicable to cushions of all sizes.

What I claim as my invention is A mattress comprising a cover, aplurality of transversely-extending strips of textile material arrangedtherein and stitched at intervals to form pockets having closed ends,the pockets of one strip alternating with those of the adjacent strip,and spiral springs arranged in said pockets, substantially as described.

Toronto, August 17, 1900.

JAMES MARSHALL. In presence of E. J. COLBOURNE, M. OoLLAnD.

